SS7G8 The student will describe the diverse cultures of the people who live in Southwest Asia (Middle East). a. Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group.
What do you look like? Is your Ethnicity Kurd Arab Persian Bedouin Jewish Kurd
What do you say? Language is your Ethnicity
Arab Most are Sunni Muslim Most of the population of the Middle East
Most of the population of the Middle East
Judaism 4,000 year old Ethnic Group who practices Judaism and lives Mainly in Israel
Bedouin Nomadic sheep and camel herders who speak Arabic and practice Sunni Islam
Kurds Minority group that practices Sunni Islam and lives in Syria, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq They have their own language and many want their own State.
Persians Very old Ethnic group (at least 2,000 years old) most of whom are Shi’ite (Shia) Muslim They have their own language (Persian) and their own State-Iran.